Wednesday, March 12, 2014

March 12th NHL Recap

Boston Bruins 4, Montreal Canadiens 1 (from Montreal) - The Bruins improved to 43-17-5 on the season thanks to a 4-1 win over the Montreal Canadiens, dropping them to 35-25-7
Goals:
BOS - Carl Soderberg (12) - unassisted (1:33 2ND)
BOS - Patrice Bergeron (19) - from Brad Marchand and Matt Bartkowski (9:25 2ND) *GWG*
BOS - Milan Lucic (20) - from Jarome Iginla and David Krejci (18:32 2ND)
BOS - Zdeno Chara (15) - from Patrice Bergeron and Brad Marchand (0:23 3RD)
MTL - David Desharnais (12) - from Max Pacioretty and Thomas Vanek (2:46 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Tuukka Rask (35 saves on 36 shots: 29-14-4) LG - Peter Budaj (28 saves on 32 shots: 8-8-2)
Three Stars:
3. Zdeno Chara (1 goal) - Boston
2. Patrice Bergeron (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Boston
1. Tuukka Rask (35 saves on 36 shots for the win) - Boston

Vancouver Canucks 3, Winnipeg Jets 2 (SO) - (from Winnipeg) - The Canucks improved to 30-28-10 on the season thanks to a 3-2 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets, dropping them to 30-28-9.
Goals:
WPG - Andrew Ladd (18) - from Bryan Little and Jacob Trouba (3:48 2ND)
VAN - Alex Burrows (1) - from Jason Garrison and Jordan Schroeder (15:38 2ND)
WPG - Michael Frolik (13) - from Olli Jokinen and Keaton Ellerby (2:18 3RD)
VAN - Alex Burrows (2) - from Jannik Hansen (11:17 3RD)
Shootout winner - Chris Higgins (VAN)
Goalies:
WG - Eddie Lack (32 saves on 34 shots: 11-12-4) LG - Ondrej Pavelec (31 saves on 33 shots: 20-24-6) 
Three Stars:
3. Eddie Lack (32 saves on 34 shots for the win) - Vancovuer
2. Andrew Ladd (1 goal) - Winnipeg
1. Alex Burrows (2 goals) - Vancouver

Colorado Avalanche 3, Chicago Blackhawks 2 (from Colorado) - The Avs improved to 43-18-5 on the season thanks to a 3-2 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, dropping them to 38-14-14. 
Goals:
COL - Brad Malone (1) - from Tyson Barrie and Semyon Varlamov (18:24 1ST)
COL - Matt Duchene (22) - from Jamie McGinn and Ryan O'Reilly (0:19 2ND)
CHI - Patrick Kane (29) - from Patrick Sharp and Niklas Hjalmarsson (8:23 2ND)
COL - Ryan O'Reilly PPG (25) - from Matt Duchene and Erik Johnson (10:53 3RD) *GWG*
CHI - Brandon Saad (19) - from Andrew Shaw and Duncan Keith (17:43 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Semyon Varlamov (37 saves on 39 shots: 33-12-5) LG - Antti Raanta (26 saves on 29 shots: 12-3-3)
Three Stars:
3. Semyon Varlamov (37 saves on 39 shots for the win) - Colorado
2. Ryan O'Reilly (1 goal, 1 assist, GWG) - Colorado
1. Matt Duchene (1 goal, 1 assist) - Colorado

Calgary Flames 7, Anaheim Ducks 2 (from Calgary) -  The Flames improved to 26-33-7 on the season thanks to a 7-2 rout over the Anaheim Ducks, dropping them to 43-16-7.
Goals:
CGY - Mark Giordano (11) - from T.J. Brodie (3:39 1ST)
CGY - T.J. Galiardi SHG (3) - from Paul Byron and T.J. Brodie (7:10 1ST)
CGY - Mike Cammalleri PPG (17) - from Mikael Backlund and Mark Giordano (11:28 1ST) *GWG*
CGY - Paul Byron (4) - from Mikael Backlund (13:28 1ST)
CGY - Mikael Backlund SHG (16) - from Kris Russell (1:31 2ND)
ANA - Andrew Cogliano (20) - from Jakob Silfverberg and Francois Beauchemin (11:30 2ND)
CGY - Ladislav Smid (2) - from Paul Byron and Lance Bouma (18:49 2ND)
ANA - Nick Bonino (17) - from Cam Fowler and Luca Sbisa (7:45 3RD)
CGY - Corban Knight (1) - from Kevin Westgarth and Ben Hanowski (18:03 3RD)
Goalies:
WG - Joni Ortio (19 saves on 21 shots: 3-3-0) LG - Jonas Hiller (2 saves on 5 shots: 26-10-6), Frederik Andersen (16 saves on 19 shots: in relief of Hiller)
Three Stars:
3. Mark Giordano (1 goal, 1 assist) - Calgary
2. Paul Byron (1 goal, 2 assists) - Calgary
1. Mikael Backlund (1 goal, 2 assists) - Calgary

Three Stars of the Night:
3. Tuukka Rask - Rask made 35 saves on 36 shots in the Bruins 4-1 win over the Canadiens.
2. Matt Duchene - Duchene scored 1 goal and added 1 assist in the Avs 3-2 win over the Hawks. 
1. Mikael Backlund - Backlund scored 1 goal and added 2 assists in the Flames 7-2 win over the Ducks

Interesting Stats of the Night:
-Henrik Sedin played in his 1000th career game, all with the Canucks.
-After going goal-less in the first 35 games of the season, Alex Burrows scored 2 goals tonight.
-Semyon Varlamov picked up career win #100 tonight. Varlamov also picked up his 3rd assist of the season and 6th career assist. 
-Thomas Vanek picked up an assist for his 1st point as a Montreal Canadien.
-Matt Duchene improved his career-best point streak to 9 games, with 5 goals and 9 assists in the streak.
-Corban Knight scored his 1st NHL goal for the Calgary Flames.
-The Flames scored 4 goals in the first 13:28 of the first en route to a 7-2 rout over the Ducks.

Current Winning/Losing Streaks (3 or more games):
Los Angeles Kings - 8 game winning streak
Boston Bruins - 6 game winning streak
Pittsburgh Penguins - 3 game winning streak
Dallas Stars - 3 game winning streak
San Jose Sharks - 3 game winning streak

Tampa Bay Lightning - 5 game losing streak
Buffalo Sabres - 3 game losing streak
Montreal Canadiens - 3 game losing streak

Forman Faceoff Highlight of the Night:
-Patrick Kane gets it tonight with another highlight-reel goal: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgsMHXEP0Og

What's up next (March 13th) - There are 7 NHL games on tap for Thursday: 
1. Phoenix Coyotes vs. Boston Bruins @7PM ET (In Boston)
2. Buffalo Sabres vs. Carolina Hurricanes @7PM ET (In Carolina)
3. San Jose Sharks vs. Columbus Blue Jackets @7PM ET (In Columbus)
4. Florida Panthers vs. Tampa Bay Lightning @730PM ET (In Tampa Bay)
5. Edmonton Oilers vs. St. Louis Blues @8PM ET (In St. Louis)
6. New York Rangers vs. Minnesota Wild @8PM ET (In Minnesota)
7. Toronto Maple Leafs vs. Los Angeles Kings @1030PM ET (In Los Angeles) {***Forman's Game of the Night ***}

-Joel Forman - The Forman Faceoff

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